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Report says EU may okay mobile charges for accepting calls

Gareth | June 16, 2008 |

European mobile phone users may have to pay US-style charges for receiving calls after Viviane Reding, the EU telecoms commissioner, said she was prepared to accept the industry changing its longstanding business model. In an interview with the Financial Times, she signalled she was poised to propose rules to cut the cost for Europeans when […]

Vodafone HTC Touch Diamond

Gareth | June 15, 2008 |

Vodafone are now showing the HTC Touch Diamond as coming soon on their business website. Feature rich Windows Mobile 6.1 device utilising HTC’s new Touchflow UI. This device is in a tablet form factor meaning it is touch screen only. The Diamond surpasses the iPhone in all aspects (vodafones word not ours), the key differentiator […]

HTC Touch Diamond tweaks

Matt | June 15, 2008 |

I’ve had a lot of emails over the past few weeks from readers asking questions about the HTC Touch Diamond and how to improve the performance of the Touch-Flo 3D interface. Initially I would say that the review device I had a few weeks ago was pre-release build and certainly didn’t have the final retail […]

10 Things the new iPhone must have (Look back)

Gareth | June 15, 2008 |

I posted an article at the end of May with a list of 10 must have features the iPhone 3G must have for it to be a worthwhile upgrade. I thought it would be interesting to look back at the article and see what we have been given by Apple and what’s been missed and […]

iPhone 3G Podcast Special, T4 Show and Mobile Tech Addicts

Gareth | June 14, 2008 |

Just spent a great hour discussing the impending launch of the iPhone 3G with Michael Manna of the T4 Show. In this episode (65) we discuss O2 iPhone 3G contracts, O2 HSDPA networks, pay as you go, highs and lows from the WWDC iPhone 3G announcements, what was disappointing and what was good and the […]

Update Spookcall closes after one week

Gareth | June 14, 2008 |

Spookcall, the UK’s first caller ID-spoofing service available to the general public, has decided to close less than one week after launch. We reported the launch of the controversial service on Monday. It allowed anyone to impersonate any other phone number on a call recipient’s caller ID display. Spookcall also offered customers the ability to […]

We have a daughter!

Matt | June 14, 2008 |

You may have noticed that there haven’t been any posts from me for a few days but the reason is that Tracy has just given birth to our gorgeous baby girl, Chloe. They are both doing really well and came home yesterday. I’m enjoying looking after them both! Chloe was born at 13:17 on Wednesday […]

Vodafone UK claim to have the fastest Mobile Broadband ?

Gareth | June 14, 2008 |

Vodafone UK is the most reliable and the fastest network for mobile broadband according to LCC International, the largest independent wireless engineering company in the world. The conclusion follows 28,000 network tests throughout March, April and May 2008 and comes a month after Vodafone UK announced it would start to do more to simplify mobile […]

LG VX8610 first phone with built-in Bluetooth headset

Gareth | June 14, 2008 |

LG has launched a sliderphone handset with an integrated Bluetooth earpiece – a world first, the company claimed. The handset’s dubbed the ‘Decoy’ – or, more formally, the LG-VX8610. As you can see from the pics, the headset slips into a bay on the back, where it’s kept charged up and ready to be released […]

O2 Brings 3,000 New Wi-Fi Hotspots to iPhone Customers

Gareth | June 13, 2008 |

O2 today announced a deal with BT Openzone to enhance the unlimited Wi-Fi package offered to all iPhone customers. From July 11th, iPhone users will have access to more than 3,000 BT Openzone premier Wi-Fi hotspots as part of their monthly tariff, for no extra cost.